Improved method of constructing files for kailroad-raits



To alllfwhom it may concern:` '\`Bc it known that I, W; O. OOXE, of Reading, Berks county, lPennsylvania, have invented an Im- @anni @Hina y COKE, OFRADING, vPENusYLVANIA.A

Letters Patent 'No.1 95,199, dated September 28, 1869;

rmnovrzn, Marston or corrsTRUeTINe PILES Fon RAILROAD-Rems..

\ The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sanne.l

proved Bile for Steel-Faced Railroad-Rails; and I do `hereby declare the following'to be a full,.clear,` and exact description of the same.

My invention consists of a pile, 'the-.upper `portion of which is composed of narrowand broad bars of steel, arranged alternately side by side, and on edge, M and combined with iron bars, all` substantially as described hereafter, `so that a thorough union of the stool and iron maybe effected;

In order to enable othersskilled in the art to practise my invention, I' will now proceed to describe the mode of carrying the same"""into eiect, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part l of this specicatiomand inwhich- 4 V v.Figure `1 isa transverse section of my improved pile for steel-faced rails., `and p Figure 2 a section of `a modified pile.

-In fig. l, he base of the pile is composed of three layers of iron bars, placed ilatwise, two bars, dd, forming the. bottom layer, three bars, b b b', the next layer, and two bars, b'b, thethird layer,"the joints between the bars of the several layers being arranged y as' indicated in the drawing.`

`Above the' base of the pile thus formed, is arl rangedside by side, on edge, a series of iron bars,.a. and a", broad and narrowbars beingplace'd alternately,

Aas clearly shown infthe drawing, and above these are arranged alternately, broad'aud lnarrow bars e and e',- of steel, the lower edges of the `broad steel bars resting onthe upper edges of the narrow iron bars a, and tlie'nai.'ro\7l1 steel rbarsresting on the broad iron bars a', so that thev whole of the bars which are of the same thickness throughout, will form a compact square.`

lpile, ready for conversion into the --steel-faccdrail,

shown by dotted lines in` fig. 1, by the usual 'process j of rolling.

' All the bars in the modied pile shown in fig. 2, are

arranged on edge, care being taken, however, to carry out the plan illustrated in the pile,'g.' 1, of arranging broad and narrow steel'bars alternately side by side,`

for by this plan a more thorough junction of the steel r with the iron vis `eiiected than if the steel bars were all one width, :for in this case, or iif thesteel portion of the pile consisted of a single iiat bar, the line of'junction of the steel with theiron would be straight, and this straight junction would be maintained in the tinished rail, the steellportion of which 'would be apt to separate from the iron portion;. whereas, by causing some of the steel bals to project further into the iron portion of the pile than others, this evil is obviated, and a more thorough union of the steel withthe ironA is elected, as will be readily understood without further explanation.

Without limiting myself to any specific arrangement of' thebars which compose the irn portion ofthe pile,

I claim as my Letters Patent- Constructing the upper portion of the pile of broad yand narrow steel bars, arranged alternately on edge,`

and side by side, and combining them with iron hars,

substantiallyl as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof', I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

l W. E. C. OOXE.

l Witnesses:

JOHN WHITE, v

HARRY SMITH.

invention, and desire to secure by 

